Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2020 — ZL v EUIPO

(Case T-596/18) (1)

(Civil service - Recruitment - Notice of competition - Decision not to place the applicant’s name on the reserve list for the competition - Obligation to state reasons - Rejection of the request for access to the multiple-choice questions asked in the admission tests - Secrecy of the selection board’s proceedings)

(2020/C 390/40)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: ZL (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė and K. Tóth, acting as Agents, assisted by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment, first, of the decision of 7 March 2018 of the selection board for competition EUIPO/AD/01/17 — Administrators (AD 6) in the field of intellectual property rejecting the applicant’s request for review of that selection board’s decision of 1 December 2017 not to place her name on the reserve list drawn up with a view to the recruitment of administrators by EUIPO and, secondly, of EUIPO’s decision of 27 June 2018 rejecting her complaints.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders ZL to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 445, 10.12.2018.